Who is the 3rd Best Heavyweight of All Time???

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  1. jaffay

    jaffay New Orleans Hornets Full Member

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    Basing on legacy it's Marciano or Jack Johnson

    basing on resume Lennox Lewis

    h2h Lennox Lewis
     
  2. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    Good pic of Foreman! He looks massive and is hiding his chunk quite well.

    Ali, Holmes, Holyfield, Foreman, and Louis for me in the top 5... the order isn't all that important but they are who belong IMO.
     
  3. Keueng

    Keueng Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah true, taken that SNV can be devided by zero, so that would make Ali or Louis the #1 HW :lol:
     
  4. freelaw

    freelaw Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foreman is the best of those in the poll but I'd pretty much switch him with Ali on 1/2 position.
     
  5. freelaw

    freelaw Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ...plus this :deal
     
  6. Liston3

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  7. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Foreman beat a higher level of comp and he has the greatest comeback in boxing history

    Foreman over Holmes, bitches.
     
  8. Karceno

    Karceno Guest

    Jack Johnson was best heavyweight
     
  9. EverLast

    EverLast Well-Known Member Full Member

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    going to have to be tyson at number 3 for me (although only because you have insisted to put louis at 2, i would have tyson at 2 and louis at 3)

    cant really put holmes above tyson.....holmes came back in the 1992, took evander holyfield the distance, and even beating top ranked fighters like ray mercer......

    this was all years AFTER a peak mike tyson had absolutely destroyed holmes in 4 rounds...

    not basing tysons place ahead of holmes on this one singular point, but it does make a huge difference
     
  10. BrooklynMumin

    BrooklynMumin HOPKINS A " G " Full Member

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    1) Ali
    2) Lewis
    3) Holmes
     
  11. bandido

    bandido The Black Bandit Full Member

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    1 Muhammad Ali
    2 Joe Louis
    3 Larry Holmes
    4 Rocky Marciano
    5 Jack Johnson
    6 George Foreman
    7 Jack Dempsey
    8 Sonny Liston
    9 Lennox Lewis
    10 Joe Frazier
    11 Mike Tyson
    12 Evander Holyfield
     
  12. kirky c

    kirky c white mike Full Member

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    it's gotta be a young mike tyson followed by a close rocky! if ya go down the list lewis,foreman,frazier,holyfeild wouldn't have of stood up to a young tyson. lewis would not have beaten the 22 year old tyson. foreman would have been way to slow and predictable. frazier was like tyson but with less speed and strenght. and holyfeild just wasnt that great anyway. dempsey an Johnson were of a totally different era that was primal compared to todays standards. the only one who is debatable is homes an maricno. but id give maricno the nod for that.
     
  13. speck

    speck Milky Way Resident Full Member

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    1. Lewis
    2. VK
    3. WK
     
  14. Royal-T-Bag

    Royal-T-Bag Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Holmes for sure
     
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  15. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    i would say marciano, but i just dont see him beating lewis h2h, atleast not 10 out of 10. lewis has proved himself against some great and very good heavyweights so he gets my vote. yes you can say im being biased cos im english, but i believe his overall career is a very good one and definitley makes it worthy of mention.